Xref: utzoo comp.protocols.appletalk:5042 comp.sys.mac.comm:2142 Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!bonnie.concordia.ca!uunet!sobeco!onfcanim!zap!matrox!altitude!clyde.concordia.ca!s3!ireq.hydro.qc.ca!houlejm From: houlejm@ireq.hydro.qc.ca (Jean-Marie Houle) Newsgroups: comp.protocols.appletalk,comp.sys.mac.comm Subject: Re: do I need phone net connectors? Message-ID: <4669@s3.ireq.hydro.qc.ca> Date: 8 Jan 91 21:46:21 GMT Sender: root@s3.ireq.hydro.qc.ca Organization: Institut de recherche d'Hydro-Quebec Lines: 25 References:<1991Jan7.165900.1538@ccu.umanitoba.ca> <1991Jan8.090043.25113@sics.se> In article <1991Jan8.090043.25113@sics.se> boortz@sics.se (Kent Boortz) writes: > > One person said he had successfully used an IW II cable to run Appletalk from > > one Mac to another, but the general concensus was "Don't bother trying". > > One person from TOPS wrote and said I would void my warranty with TOPS if > > I tried that, and may even damage my Appletalk ports. So I guess I'll be > > ordering a couple phone net connectors! > > Well, I can't promise anything. I don't use this setup myself but I > can't think of any reason why a straight ImageWriter cable could > damage anything. So I do. Also Tops could not see the difference... Jean-Marie Houle houlejm@ireq.hydro.qc.ca Institut de recherche d'Hydro-Quebec Tel (514) 652-8083 1800 Mtee Ste Julie Fax (514) 652-8435 Varennes, Quebec Canada, J3X 1S1